Tom Raftery - Issue #19

Hi all. Long time. I'm resurrecting this newsletter because it's been too long since I sent it out, and I'm toying with the idea of sending this out again regularly. Thoughts?

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I will be using this newsletter to send out links to the latest podcast episodes I publish on my twice weekly Digital Supply Chain podcast, my weekly Climate 21 podcast, to my most recent weekly Tech for Good - Live Show session.

Digital Supply Chain podcast episodes

I had two great guests on the podcast last week.

First up was Arun Krishnamoorthy of Bridgei2i talking about AI and Analytics in Supply Chain. Check it out here.

Then we had PwC's Dr Jan Herrmann, a partner in PwC's Sustainability practice in Germany. We had an excellent conversation about the management of human rights in Supply Chain. Check it out here. Oh, and this was episode 100 of the podcast - yay!

Climate 21 podcast episodes

On my Climate 21 podcast last week I talked to Paul O'Connor. Paul is the Head of J.P. Morgan's ESG Debt Capitalised Market. We had a fascinating discussion about the rising importance of ESG's and how they are causing a huge flight of capital away from Carbon intensive industries, and projects, towards lower carbon or zero carbon resources. Check it out here.

Livestream

We had a snafu at the start of this week's livestream where my connection dropped, so when it started my co-host Chris and I are a little confused. Apologies for that. You can check the recording out here.

Tech for Good story of the week

Without a doubt the best climate news of the week is President Biden's returning the US to the Paris Climate Accord. Finally we can all start working on this problem together again. However, it is not a real Tech story so my pick for Tech for Good story of the week also goes to President Biden as he mandates that the US federal fleet of vehicles will be replaced with Electric Vehicles. That's nearly 650,000 vehicles. That is an amazing demand signal to send to car manufacturers.

And finally...

Thanks for your interest and attention. And don't forget, if you have any comments/questions/suggestions, please don't hesitate to get it touch.

Have a great rest of your week.